stonehenge free festival 1983

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[@christo792]

When I was young, I made a decision to never talk about 'the good old days'. Living in the here and now was my plan for life. But I can't help but think that 40 years ago I was celebrating the Solstice at Stonehenge and having one of the times of my life. Times sure have changed...

[@karenriggs4560]

Yes, I was there for 2 weeks in June 83!!!/ .Better than Glastonbury in 86. Best experience in my.life. Still.got my free festival t shirt..I.hitchiked here from.Hastings with a friend called Hazel. I was 21!!!! Still would go there now. This time of year getting near the solstice , brings back good vibes.. I remember sitting near the ancient burial mounds watching the night sky .Strange lights in the sky.. No.wonder my son Sam went to be a new age traveller,and spent last summer with the Rainbow family!!! It's in his genes!!!

[@erichej9049]

I loved the old Stonehenge festivals, glad I was able to experience them, '83 was my best ever . The days when there was still a bit of freedom left. Festivals have been pretty much corporatised now.

[@cjhards]

Music was pure quality. & to think it was all free!

[@ADJohnstone]

The day before the Solstice I picked my girlfriend up from Gatwick. We were both 21 and she was a Californian. We went straight to Stonehenge and managed to find friends and made camp. W dropped around midnight and after Hawkwind made our way inside the circle as the sun broke over the Healsone on a crystal clear dawn. Just gobsmacking. Being from San Francisco, she had never seen anything older than 150 years old and was now inside the Stonehenge at solstice sunrise ..on acid. Not a bad first day.

[@pegasusc130]

Saw the campsite outa the back of an army truck. 1 Para moving from Edinburgh to Bullford. Would jump on my Vespa and slip by the military Police at the Campsite. The Army said we were banned from the festival. I ended up going AWOL in 84 & enjoyed Stonehenge again. I used to buy my hash.& acid from the Peace Convoy in 84.when they camped out in woods near a horse racing track. Bought my goods from a guy called Old Apple Brian. He was a cool cat. Live in California, miss Salisbury & good times

[@copstolemywife]

I hitch hiked from Glastonbury festival to Stonehenge festival. Set off around 5pm and got to the A303 about 11pm. Hottest day of the year I was tired and contemplating pitching my tent on a roundabout when a little Honda car stopped and a girl stuck her head out of the passenger side window and asked if I was going to Stonehenge. I was so grateful. Her and her husband were so generous and kind. If you're reading this Alan and Lianne Rodgers from Exeter, I'm eternally grateful. Cheers. Alex.

[@Headwind-1]

i knew/know alan he''s from Sidmouth nice guy

[@MrBazizmad]

Oh man! I was there, somewhere... Just a non-bearded student then. I remember the Enid, and Hawkwind playing as the sun rose on Solstice morning... WOW! Many, many happy memories of this... Love, heat, music, sleeping under a Landrover, altered consciousness, the guy we fed cornflakes... Than you so much for posting.

[@Andy_1964]

My second year.. 82, 83 84 for me... Unbelievable scenes unforgettable memories ✌️✌️✌️😁

[@emoganhuisamen9382]

'82'83''84 FAN-tas-TIC

[@IvanTheReasonable]

Benjamin Zephaniah followed by Robert John Godfrey's splendid renition of Wild Thing - entertainment can't get better, or more ecclectic, than that!

[@freetommy777]

Can't believe this got filmed... we used to confiscate cameras...saw loads of old Convoy family in there...AWESOME bit of history...The Gathering of The Clans...we lost more than a festival when we lost Stonehenge!

[@Buckydhu]

When watch this it seems both, only yesterday and a million years ago. Good to remember what freedom is like.

[@karencrewe435]

I was there, blew me away, first fest ! and the Sun Shone!!!!! l

[@GoingsGone]

And the peanut butter sarnie stand :-D There was a money maker! I found myself in this film . About 6 minutes into it , I stand up during a reggae band and point to the camera - (not like I was PARANOID or anything ) Imagine what a trip is seeing THAT 26 years later .

[@RebzRecordz]

I was there in the majestic band playing percussion and mc-ing great festival

[@meathead365]

Great times, I was there 19yrs old Don't even know if I would recognise myself Thanks for posting

[@madeleineland1719]

OMG.... I remember that green & yellow bus!!

[@TheGrumpytroll]

83... one of the best....I remember I did opiated black hotknives for a quid within two minutes of arriving in site... wow! The LOVE vibe was amazing that year, just radiant, yeah for Woody and yeah for Where's Wally! and the Tibetan Ukranian Mountain Troupe and the sun and all its convoy were there....amazing times. I went from there to living on a side of a hill outside of Hay-on-Wye and doing a gazillion CND marches... kids today... they just don't know what they're missing..... :-D

[@paulbredin5004]

LOL, We hitched up from Bath, Rich, Clair and me. First night hanging out with the Smart pils crowd, got some speed and shrooms and assisted a truely divine experience with Hawkwind on main stage, I crashed with sara in some bender and then next day we walked to the stones with the entire encampment while the law just watched from a distance. Amazing day, hippies dancing naked and us speeding our heads off. lost my mohican many many years ago but still got ahole in my nose from my nose stud!.

[@HawkwindJimski]

Great vid, very atmospheric. I remember being blown away by Benjamin Zephaniah. Thanks for the memories - they can't take THEM away from us, eh? Love, Light, Peace, Jimski

[@junglie]

First time i saw him there too, what a talent.

[@sidhope1452]

See www.efestivals.co.uk/news/15/150409e.shtml for the latest campaign to see the festivals return @ or near Stonehenge - the Stonehenge festival campaign meets @ the equinoxes and solstices @ Stonehenge four times a year .... dub bus krew in tow !! www.stonehengefestivalcampaign.co.uk

[@industwetrustify]

yep was @ this one... in body anyway! my first introduction to black microdots!!

[@chuckmalarky37]

industwetrustify black dots the most potent of the lot :)

[@ljduk7595]

👍🤣😂

[@djdarksidejungle559]

MISTY IN ROOTS MAN THEY TOOK A LOT OF BANDS TO STONEHENGE THAT YR AND THEYT ROCKED IT

[@3niknicholson]

It's Never Too Late To Have a Happy Childhood!

[@tomski787]

this was my last stoney fest. In a small tent I saw some painted men performing…I was stuck to the floor and walls…they said they were Tibetans, but I later found out they were Ozric Tentacles…There was good and bad acid, good and bad Hell's Angels. One tried to kill me, another saved me from His wrath. A strange lady thought I was a demon, but I knew she was a disguised devil…An odd friend saw imps where previously there had been only boy-children…I waited many days for food, a weird concoction of something that might have been dragon's eggs…and, trickling through the not-necessarily-all-pervasive music that was my mother's nourishing milk, came fluids now abandoned that succoured me in my need…Has my mind and history drifted? Or have the sentient substances at last left me alone?

[@CelticSaint]

Great comment. It sounds like you had a blast. But why was it your last stoney fest?

[@PeteAnahata]

Tom Foyle Awesome Tom, yeh it was a bit like that mate, ...and all all melded into one

[@timbrittain]

I never bin the same since he he

[@couldbegood]

@@CelticSaint it was THE last Stoney festival.

[@TheBitterWeed]

Ah... I remember it well...

[@hippy0055]

That was some hot festival !! There must be some more footage from "1983" out there.

[@mcttotal]

i remember eating the best fish n chips i have ever had.. had to wait hours for it...

[@underterraingrunter]

Stonehenge Free Festival June 2012. Bring What You Expect To Find.

[@niallodraighnean5593]

wot, like rubbish..?

[@kneeling4layla]

Was there :) Just did a search just to see if someone, by chance filmed it. THANKS!!! :) from the USA

[@AlphaGoII]

Was there, young but very there

[@newforestpixie5297]

My second time here - it was about 90 Fahrenheit took acid and god knows why but three of us in tiny tent - jake farted and in the 110 degree polyester cocoon became planet fart . Best smelly one ever for I. Dunno what else occurred .- now I know ..for starters I was staggered how the place although had BRILLIANT VIbe, , had a class structure in the daytime because some poor sods slept in bin bags while I saw a guy in ex army vehicle clutching a chunky walk-in talkie...posey fucker. Saw No hassle there and Buster Bloodvessel asleep in deck chair and nik turner and dr and the medics maybe too. Thankyou for unloading this Treasure. Love from hordle on sea

[@slobls]

henge84 was my first fre henge so its really good to see this video+see what bit was like before then thanx for the posting lovenlight x$x

[@cjhards]

Year of the angels!! 🫡

[@Chad.Telecaster]

so hot during the day, so fucking cold at night, & that was when the nutters came out. It may have been fun, but it sure well wasn't safe. Great memories though, still got a sunburn triangular scar after passing out in what i thought was safe shade. Damn those purple dots ,

[@antyeardsley]

i remember there was good vib

[@PeterGoggz]

Yeah man !!! it was very hot as I remember

[@GeeJayDavies]

Benjamin Zephania toward the end I think isn't it.... idolised New Labour poet now.... VERY underground then.

[@haridasbaba]

I was there, and yep it was more than a festi, me known as Jock the doc or hari das, mushroom and hash oil balls, cool days hello to all the family Jock

[@inglepropnoosegarm7801]

They don't make festivals like this anymore.

[@niallodraighnean5593]

Wot a Bleedin' racket man..

[@1alicepop]

I was on duty on the burns unit, saw a few there. They werent laughing then

[@Rbrownsword]

great vid, like the "Video Movie" tent showing ET! thats quite cool for the time really!

[@djdarksidejungle559]

hardbeat reggea jungle techno took over

[@kneeling4layla]

Remember the human chess game and mushroom tea garden:) Anyone ?

[@philip-at-tube]

Even the camera got a little high. 😉

[@stephencriddleproperparano9159]

Nice One.

[@cwmcwm9]

ran away from home never looked sideways since

[@100roberthenry]

i was there!.................

[@3niknicholson]

Question: was this the last time we were allowed into the stones? I seem to remember it was 83 I was there, and I did get into the stones at the solistice day, no restrictions, but I can't remember for sure the year. i never made it to the stage, busy at the campfire making brews, chapatis and skinning up. Or wandering around admiring the buses and trucks and chattimg to folk. Peace!

[@ThePogle]

good year

[@nashett]

that was 1of our singers getting u all up on ur feet, The Majestic. @ 5.28. we played main stage, but we have been dub over @ 6.53 with the great Jnr Marvin police & thieves, I'm in white t'shirt playing bass. Majestic are still touring today with 2 original members me and the lead singer, who was playing drums in this clip. cant believe its 28 years ago. w w w.majesticlive.co.uk

[@djdarksidejungle559]

SOME TOP BAND ON AT STONEHENGE 1983 WHY THEY CLOSED IT DOWN

[@djdarksidejungle559]

MISTY IN ROOTS SDMASHED IT I WAS 9 WHEN I WNT AND HAWKWIND

[@copstolemywife]

I was there. hotter than hell. Everyone was sunburned and long queues for the lotion at ST Johns ambulance. Does anyone remember the yellow VW Polo getting trashed?

[@djdarksidejungle559]

but acid house took over and that was that really grunge and acid house

[@GARTH257]

at 5.50 is it misty in roots,or the majestic?

[@reggaefilms]

@timboswingdancer many people said same thing about the angels at the time

[@djdarksidejungle559]

misty in roots turning up made it really cause i went and it was a decent henge went when i was 9 me dad was in convoy and used to be fully into it and 1983 it was a big one and misty and roots turned up and brought a lot of abnds with them and hawkwind 1984 was thew big one really and it was becoming a thing not just watever 1984 when 250 000 people turned up it was over got to big 1984 and i think its cause of all bases and the hheight of the alert and there prob was kgb and spies spiing on the wiltshire plains and doing their shit and thats why it ended cause of the bases if not for the bases theyd have had that

[@bezale]

what the fuck are we supposed to do now? Where is cosmic Andy?

[@GeeJayDavies]

who's the first band?

[@Toracube]

I saw a skinhead passed out, face down in a cow-pat. A little joke from his pals I guess.

[@3rk4u]

police and thieves junior marvin gr8 trak,funny at 6.00 every body on your feet,there thinking fuk me do have too,

[@punkyinthebrain]

I totally agree with you, every word you say. Except you left off one word FACIST control. Where can I join your belief?? RSVP.

[@snafutube]

toy town tory towns rubbish from the little boxes all the same just de-materialises as if by magic!

[@antyeardsley]

i mean good vibes. but i sensed it would all go pearshaped. n my how it did n 85. who to blame. thatcher. heroin. people. end of.

[@timbrittain]

We was crazy as fuck tho aye viva may hill

[@freetommy777]

Can't believe this got filmed... we used to confiscate cameras...saw loads of old Convoy family in there...AWESOME bit of history...The Gathering of The Clans...we lost more than a festival when we lost Stonehenge!